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What Salaam Bombay! Is About
Krishna's mother leaves him at a circus and tells him he can come home once he has the five hundred rupees to replace the bicycle he wrecked. The circus moves on without him and he ends up in Bombay, carrying tea for a living, falling in with others on the street. The five hundred rupees never accumulate. Mira Nair's first feature; most of the cast were genuinely street children, prepared through workshops. It took the Caméra d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar nomination for foreign film. Child prostitution, drugs and violence against children are all in it.
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What is Salaam Bombay! about?
Krishna's mother leaves him at a circus and tells him he can come home once he has the five hundred rupees to replace the bicycle he wrecked. The circus moves on without him and he ends up in Bombay, carrying tea for a living, falling in with others on the street.
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How long is Salaam Bombay!?
Salaam Bombay! runs for 113 minutes (1h 53m).
When did Salaam Bombay! come out?
Salaam Bombay! was released in 1988.
Who directed Salaam Bombay!?
Salaam Bombay! was directed by Mira Nair.
Who stars in Salaam Bombay!?
Salaam Bombay! stars Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Anita Kanwar.
What is Salaam Bombay!'s rating?
Salaam Bombay! holds 7.9/10 on IMDb and 7.2/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 80 out of 100.
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